India

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भारत गणराज्य
Republic of India

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Flag Emblem

Motto
"Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit)
सत्यमेव जयते (Devanagari)
"Truth Alone Triumphs"

Anthem
Jana Gana Mana

National song
Vande Mataram

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Capital

Largest city
New Delhi
28°34'N, 77°07'E
Mumbai

Official languages Hindi, English

Scheduled languages Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

Demonym Indian

Government
 - President
 - Prime Minister
Federal republic
Pratibha Patil
Manmohan Singh

Independence
 - Declared
 - Republic
from the United Kingdom
August 15, 1947
January 26, 1950

Area
 - Total

 - Water (%)

3,166,414 km²
1,222,559 sq mi
9.56

Population
 - 2007 estimate
 - 2001 census
 - Density
 

1.12 billion
1,027,015,248
329 /km²
852 /sq mi

GDP (PPP)
 - Total
 - Per capita
2006 estimate
$4.156 trillion
$3,737

GDP (nominal)
 - Total
 - Per capita
2007 estimate
$1.00 trillion
$820

Gini (1999-2000) 32.5 (medium)

HDI (2006) Image:10px-Green Arrow Up Darker.png 0.611 (medium)

Currency Indian rupee (₨) (INR)

Time zone
- Summer (DST)
IST (UTC +5:30)
not observed (UTC +5:30)

Internet TLD .in

Calling code +91
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